Figure 56. Pecoul logging sounder, invented in 1849 by Master Mariner AdolphePecoul of Marseille. This device was used to measure measure depths while avessel was underway or to be used as a speed logging device. It was tested in1850. In spite of
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Photographer: Y. Berard
Credit: Oceanographic Museum of Monaco
Subject: Oceanography
Subject: Historical instruments